Phonographic-record cabinet.



PATENTED JAN. 14, 1908.

R. A. DENOVAN. PHONOGRAPHIO' RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.3,1907.

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an ejecting device complrising ROBERT A. DENOVAN, OF DALKEITH, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PHONOGRAPHIC-RECORD CABINET Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 3. 190']. Serial No. 366318.

No. 876,865. 'Patented Jan.14,1908.

'1 o (11 I whom it may concern I compartment are pivotally Be it. known that l, Ronnn'r A. DENOVAN, 1 their angles upon transverse supporting a subject of the liing of Great Britain.residrods 12, and the upright arm 13 of each ing at Dalkeith, iii-the Province of Ontario l lever is arranged to bear against the rear and Dominion of (.anada, have. invented new edge of the disk 9 and is preferably grooved and useful .Improvenients in Plmnographicto receive the same, said arm extending at Record (abinets, of which the following is a specification.

an upward and rearward inclination, the other arm 14 of the lever normally pro- Ihis invention relates to improvements in jects downwardly and rearwardly as shown. cabinets especially designed for the storage The levers hold thQ SG GI'QJ disks from rearof phonographic records of the gramophone ward movement in an obvious manner and disk type, the main object of the invention are designed to be operated to project the being to provide .a simple and convenient l disks over the inclined shelves 10 partially constriu-tion of cabinet having individual i through the doorway, so that they may be spaces or c nnpartment-s for a plurality of conveniently removed. disks and means by which any desired one of The levers within the compartments 4 are the stored disks may be readily projected for arranged on lines between the levers in the removal. compartment 5, or alternate in arrangement in the accom mnving drnwings,-l igure 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet with the the disks. Fig. .2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the cabinet. Referring. to the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the nut meral 1 designates the body of the cabinet, which is preferably of rectangular form and open at the front to provide a doorway giving access thereto, said doorway being for the insertion and removal of the records and adapted to be closed by a hinged door 2.

The interior of the cabinet is divided by horizontal partition 3 to provide a plurality of compartments 4 and 5, arranged, as shown, one above the other. At the lower front portion of each compartment a cross strip or bar 6 is arranged and is provided with a plurality of upwardly extending partitions or standards 7, the standards being spaced to form a series of storage spaces 8 The upper surface of the strip is beveled or inclined downwardly and rearwardly at the base of each chamber 8 to form a shelf 10 against which the lower edge of the disk rests, thus tending move rearward by in compartment 4 are pivotally connected disposed in the upper portion of said com-- artment, while the levers in the compartment 5 are pivotally connected by rods 17 with a corresponding set of levers 18 located in the compartment 4 in alternate arrangement with the levers 16, said rods 17 being vertically movable through openings 19 in the partition 3. The forward end of the levers 16 extend in advance of the levers 18, and said levers are provided with upwardly bent arms 16 and 18 projecting upward through openings in the top of the cabinet and carrying push buttons 16 and 18* respectively designed to be pressed .to rock the levers for the purpose of transmitting motion to the rods to swing the bell crank levers for the projection of the record disks.

For convenience in the use of the cabinet, storage and removal of the records, the record holding spacesfin the compartments 4 and 5 are consecutively numbered and the disks designed toibe stored therein correspondingly numbered. The rows of. push buttons respectively carried by the levers 16 and 18 are also numbered in like manner, and the user of the cabinetby' depressing one of the butgravity, thereby preventing them from betons may pro ect the numbered disk desigc'oming dislodged and dro ping out at the nated thereby partially through the doorfront-of the cabinet when t e door is opened. wa so that it may be conveniently grasped In order to hold each disk from rearwar an removed. The'disks may, of course, e movement and to project it when desired, catalogued by title and number in order that a b ll crank any particular disk desired may be pro ected he levers in each lever 11 is provided. by manipulating the button designated by mounted at while.

therewith on vertical lines, and the levers I the catalogue, thus obviating the necessity of examining each record before the particular one desired can befound.

The'manifold advantages of the cabinet will be readily appreciated, and it will be seen that the invention provides a simple and eflective construction of means for supporting and projecting the record disks at will.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A phonographic record cabinet pro i said ejecting devices.

2. A phonographio'record cabinet provided with upper and lower compartments,

each having a plurality of record cells or receptacles therein, retaining means for hold- Lug-the record disks from forward movement 7 m'said cells, ejecting devices holding the disks from rearward movement and adapted when operated to force the same forward, operating rods extending upwardly from said devices to the top of the upper compartment, and

sets of levers connected respectively with the rods of the ejecting devices in the upper and lower compartments, said levers having operating devices at the top of the cabinet arranged in distinguishing rows. 3. A phonographic record cabinet provided with a record receptacle, retainin means for normally holding the record disk from forward movement therein, an ejectin device at the rear 'of thereceptacle adapte for holding the disk from rearward inovecompartments to supportand'hold the u ally operating the ment, and means for operating said ejecting device to reject the disk forward.

4. A phonographic record cabinet provided with a doorway, a plurality of record receptacles therein having downwardly and rearwardly' inclined shelves to support the records therein, projecting devices engaging the records to hold them in contact with the shelves, and means for individually operating said projecting devices. I

5. A phonogra hic record cabinet provided with a record rece tacle, a downwardly and rearwardly inclined support at the base of the receptacle, a bell crank lever at the rear of the receptacle, one arm'of which is arranged to engage the rear ed e ofa disk ()0- cupying the receptacle to holrf the same from downward movement on the inclined support, and means connected with the other arm of said lever for rocking the same to project the disk forwardly.

6. A honographic record cabinet provided wlth record receptacles having inclined shelves to hold the records from outward movement, projecting devices in rear of the, receptacles to normally hold the records from rearward movement, and means for operailtxing the projecting devices.

7. vided wlth a doorway, a downwardly and rearwardly inclined shelf at the base of thedoorwa bell crank levers in rear of the shelf a apted to engage and hold the records in contact therewith, standards extending from the shelf and forming individual hold ers for the records, and means for individ-' bell crank levers to project the records.

honographic record cabinet pro In testimony whereof, I aifiiemv signature i in presence of'two' witnesses.

ROBERT A. DEN OVAN. Witnesses:

ELMA MOONEY, P. S. PAoUnT'r. 

